{"product_id":"human-organizations-and-social-theory-murray-j-leaf-9780252034244","title":"Human Organizations and Social Theory: Pragmatism, Pluralism, and Adaptation","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the 1930s, George Herbert Mead and other leading social scientists established the modern empirical analysis of social interaction and communication, enabling theories of cognitive development, language acquisition, interaction, government, law and legal processes, and the social construction of the self. However, they could not provide a comparably empirical analysis of human organization. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe theory in this book fills in the missing analysis of organizations and specifies more precisely the pragmatic analysis of communication with an adaptation of information theory to ordinary unmediated communications. The study also provides the theoretical basis for understanding the success of pragmatically grounded public policies, from the New Deal through the postwar reconstruction of Europe and Japan to the ongoing development of the European Union, in contrast to the persistent failure of positivistic and Marxist policies and programs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Murray J. Leaf\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0252034244\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780252034244\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Illinois Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/18\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.40w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2010","brand":"Murray J. Leaf","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48064801603839,"sku":"9780252034244","price":54.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_88960aa2-f9e4-4eed-a1da-7c44f63d8de6.jpg?v=1768671120","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/human-organizations-and-social-theory-murray-j-leaf-9780252034244","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}